What is Earth Science?

Jot down what you think Earth Science is.

Also, known as geoscience, Earth Science studies the physical systems of the earth

• Science can be classified according to three main categories.

Major Categories of Science

• Life science deals with living things.

• Earth science investigates Earth and space.

• Physical science deals with matter and energy.

Earth Science:is four sciences rolled into one!

• Geology• Meteorology• Oceanography• Astronomy

The first is:

GEOLOGY which studies

the systems of the Earth's interior and surface

The second is:

ASTRONOMY which studies the universe,

stars, planets, and moons

In our case how the Earth relates to it’s place in the celestial sphereand how that effectsThe Earth’s systems.

The third is:

METEOROLOGY which studies the Earth's atmosphere:

weather and storms

The fourth is:

OCEANOGRAPHY which studies the Earth's oceans.

But Coach Holmes are we not taking Earth and Environmental Science???

• Ah yes. We do have that environmental element to this class.

Therefore what do you think environmental science adds to this

class?

• It is the study of the interactions between biological and physical systems. Specifically how humans impact these physical systems.

Nope. Ecology is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. Ecologists might investigate the relationship between a population of

organisms and some physical characteristic of their environment,

Environmental Science

Is the study of the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism… Specifically the human population?

“Not in my Back Yard”

• Science is a method for studying the natural world.

• The search for knowledge

• It is a process that uses observation and investigation to gain knowledge about events in nature.

What is Science? 1.11.1The Methods of ScienceThe Methods of Science

What is Science?

• Scientists ask questions to learn about the natural world.

The Methods of ScienceThe Methods of Science

It is a system of knowledge and the methods used to search for that knowledge!

WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?

The application of science

How we apply the knowledge we have gleaned from science…in short…

What is an Earth Science Event?

An EVENT is:

An

Occurrence on Earth that causes a change

List an EVENT for each Branch of

Earth Science in your notes.

Here are some EVENTS for OCEANOGRAPHY:

Here are some EVENTS forMETEOROLOGY:

Here are some EVENTS forASTRONOMY:

Here are some EVENTS forGEOLOGY:

What is an ACTIVITY of an OCEANOGRAPHER?

Look in your textbook* in chapter 1: What Oceanographers do?

What is an ACTIVITY of anASTRONOMER?

Look in your textbook in chapter 1:

What Astronomers Do?

What is an ACTIVITY of aGEOLOGIST?

Look in your textbook in chapter 1:

What Geologists Do?

What is an ACTIVITY of aMETEOROLOGIST?

Look in your textbook chapter 1:

What Meteorologists Do?

YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS:• Find two newspaper

articles or pictures with captions relating to two different Earth Sciences.

• Cut them out.• Attach to your

worksheet.• Answer these

questions for EACH of the articles.

THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH ARTICLE ARE:

• Identify the BRANCH of Earth Science.

• What ACTIVITY would a scientist have to do for this article to be written?

• What EVENT is covered by this article?

The objective for this assignment is:

1. Identify the major branches o Earth Science

2. Describe the events that occur in each branch of Earth Science.

Be sure you can answer questions about these objectives!